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Yes, we are STILL working through the summer photos! What can I say, I take A LOT of photos lol! It it nice with the weather turning cold now and the clocks about to go back (boo to dark mornings, wah!) to look back on all that gorgeous weather we had. Everyone complains about it at the time, hindsight is a bit of a b*tch aye 😉 hehe…

Without further adieu… I’ll start the reminiscing with a group shot bonanza!

I love this one…

I spy a newbie! Mr Koby the Black Labrador who joins us at the weekend on occasion. He is a happy-go-lucky ball obsessed sweetheart ❤

PUG-LIFE! ❤

Super cute two-some Giorge and Myla…

Murray, Olly and Bramble enjoying a game of chase…

Little and large Terrier buddies ❤

Fuzzy nose ❤

Bramble is always up for it, ‘Bring it on boys!’ 😉

Olly and Smudge, two of my oldest clients. These two lads have been with me from the very beginning. It makes me so proud to have had such long term clients, to be able to continue watching these amazing dogs whom I love, grow from pups into such beloved friends.

Still working our way through the summer photos folks 😉 As the winter weather slowly descends on us it is lovely to look back at all those gorgeous blue-skied days…

Lads…

Mr Hugo had a long stay with his Nana and Papa in Ireland this summer, we were so delighted when he finally came home, we missed him!

This is Mrs Cara. I say ‘Mrs’ as she is a very mature lady! She is older sister to Miss Bramble the wild child lol. She must have the patience of a saint to share her house with that young up-start haha! Cara comes with us one a week for a stroll and she enjoys paddling in the river and sniffing…a lot 😉

Archie, Arhcie, Archie… could you try to be a little less good looking please? You are putting ALL of us to shame!

The happiest of happy frenchie faces ❤

Not one to be outdone, here is Gussy trying to show Archie he is not intimidated by his good looks…me thinks you are trying a little too hard Gus my lad lol 😉

Border Terriers have the cheekiest wee faces ❤

I love this spot ❤ ❤ Its one of my secret places, shh…I’ll never tell 😉

This photo was taken after a full afternoon of swimming and frolicking in the river, these are all my champion water babies! Its always sad saying goodbye to our swimming days…until next year.

That time Ruben found an abandoned football…It was like Christmas had come early!

I am sure I have mentioned it before but it can always be repeated! I am so so delighted to finally have our very own little Pug on the team! Four long years I have waited for this little recruit haha 😉 Myla is everything we could ask for, bringing the ‘Pug-Life’ vibe to our walks in a big way. She may be little but her personality is anything but! She is full of smiled and fun and loves being right in amongst the lads…

From me to you, kiss kiss…

WEEEEEEEE!

What are those lads up to Myla? I don’t know but I’m gonna find out!

Yup this is Myla…in a nutshell hahaha!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this photo! Ruben is such a start of a dog with the littles ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Boy it is such hard work keeping those boys in line aye munchkin? Sleep well xxx

EEP! Still working towards out catch-up of all the summer loving! I’ll delve right in shall I?

To begin with a little sharing of what I have been up to these past few months (that don’t involve the wedding bonanza!) I attended two IMDT courses under the tutelage of Steve Mann, Perfect Puppy Foundations and a two day course on Career as a Dog Trainer. Now don’t worry folks! I’m not changing careers! I LOVE my work as a walker far too much ❤ However these courses were very applicable to my dog walking career as they covered a more in-depth look at how dogs learn, motivational training and how we as dog-handling professionals can better communicate with owners, our clients to help them better understand their dogs. I would recommend any IMDT courses to anyone, they were incredibly well structured and presented and refreshingly challenging. As dog handlers (in any profession regarding our 4-legged buddies) I believe we are always, and should always strive to learn as much as we can. It is a continuous learning process for us all, even the top dog trainers would say they are always learning! This is not the kind of work where you reach a point and ‘TA-DAH’ you are suddenly the perfect handler or trainer. We are constantly moving forward, honing our skills, learning new skills, learning more about our dogs world and how they perceive it. It is a life long journey, or a life long obsession…however you would prefer to view it 😉

Next year I’ll be following up with more in-depth courses on motivation, positive reinforcement and body language as well as nutrition.

Puppy dogs in the bath…you can see they are thrilled about it!

Pooped baby…

Bounce, bounce, bounce…

A new face in the crowd! Meet Solo, a fun loving chatty Vizsla lad who got on particularly well with…well everyone! hehe 😉

Fun loving lads together, a joy to watch them running around being their healthy athletic selves xxx

Miss Myla the Pug determined to keep up with the others, just cause she’s little does not mean she is not up for the rough and tumble!

Maud in the middle 🙂

That face ❤ I’m so so so so so happy to FINALLY have a little Pug on the team! WHOOP!

Never enough chocolate to go around xXXx

This photo just makes me so happy, what gorgeous dogs I get to spend my days with….

Miss Moomoo munching grass….mmmmm tasty grass….

Gus doing his model bit…

Raaaaaar!!! Run to Mummy!!!

All the beautiful babies…and Myla’s face just cracks me up in this photo 😀

Well we have missed a whole season of blog posts! I must apologies everyone for the long absence, everything has been so busy with the wedding planning, it has been nothing short of hectic! However the good news is we have many beautiful photos to go through now, we can reminisce over another beautiful fun filled summer as we steadily move towards the colder months.

Just for those who may be curious this is my amazing wonderful husband John Cheetham and I on our wedding day with our two dogs Gus and Molly. And yes it was a dog friendly wedding, OF COURSE! We scoured the land to find a dog friendly wedding venue and were not disappointing with the amazing Strawberry Barn in Dunbar. It was an amazing day made even better by us being able to have our fur babies and fur friends with us. It made the day complete. Miss Molly decided to jump in a filthy duck pond right before our photoshoot (DOH!) so my two hours of grooming her to perfection went completely out the window, oh well! Its all fun memories!

All my beautiful puppies, I can’t emphasis enough how much I love every aspect of my job, every second spent with these amazing dogs fills me with happiness and joy.

My lovely father David joined us on my 32nd Birthday for my walks and took this lovely photo of me with the gang, nothing but love ❤

Mr Gus enjoying some sunshine rays in the garden, we did have some fantastic weather this summer!

We love cooling our paws in the Hermitage river…

Little rays of sunshine each and everyone…

Blue skies <3, it will be good to look back at these and remember what it was like when we have nothing but grey cloud cover for oh, the next 8 months, sigh (lol) 😉

Water babies, Kobi’s face is so funny here 😀

Airedale kisses, love these girls xXXx

I’m going to miss all this greenery…

It was lovely to have Miss Tillie the Cocker Spaniel visit with us again, we love her sweet company…

Gus enjoying our little doggie garden in the morning, I love sitting out here with a cup of tea in the summer months.

Sisters from another Mr hehehe!

Gussy enjoying some summer ice-cream treats at the Meadows Festival here in Edinburgh.

Those ears 😀 Miss Bramble is growing up but still as fun filled and goofy as always xx